ANIMATION
WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 3.8 - November 1998
Events
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* Wednesday, September 23 - Sunday, September 27. Syros, Greece.
The Cartoon Forum took place, bringing together animation producers, buyers
and funding bodies from all over Europe. Presentations of animated projects
were given by producers from France (26%), U.K. (20%), Germany (9%), Belgium
(8%), Greece (7%) and Spain (7%), as well as Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
Norway and Sweden. Beside the business meetings, conference proceedings
included a seminar on animation production in Greece and a presentation
of Dominic Schreiber's TV animation survey done for the Financial Times
in London. On the final night, the winner of the prestigious "Cartoon
d'Or" prize was announced and followed by a press conference with
the director.
The Cartoon Forum is reviewed by Marie
Beardmore in this issue of Animation World Magazine. Plus, the organization
CARTOON was profiled
by Heikki Jokinen in the October 1997 issue of Animation World Magazine.
* Thursday, September 24 - Saturday, September 26. Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
The University of the Balearic Islands presented ANI.MAR `98, short for
the Amateur Animators Focused International Festival. This competitive
festival has three categories: 3D animation short films, traditional animation
films less than 15 minutes and traditional animation films more than 15
minutes. The event also offered workshops, retrospectives and exhibitions.
For information contact info@studio1.uib.es.
* Friday, September 25 - Sunday, September 27. Los Angeles, California,
U.S.A.
UCLA hosted three puppet performances brought over from the Henson Festival
of Puppet Theater, in conjunction with the new Cotsen Center for Puppetry
at Cal Arts: Ubu and the Truth Commission by South African group The
Handspring Puppet Company (featuring animator William
Kentridge), Electric Shadows by American-Indonesian act Wayang
Listrik and Short Stories by Peruvian Teatro Hugo and Ines. For info,
call (310) 825-2101.
* Friday, September 25. Utrecht, Netherlands.
The Utrecht School of the Arts faculty of Art, Media & Technology held
their annual presentation of the European Media Master of Arts, including
Computer Animation. The event will take place at "Baby" in Amsterdam.
Admission for Baby members is free. All others are admitted by invitation
only. Contact hans.mertens@kmt.hku.nl for more details.
* Friday, September 25. London, England, U.K.
In honor of Warner Bros.' 75th anniversary, The Museum of the Moving Image
(MOMI) launched an exhibition of original Looney Tunes art work. In honor
of MOMI's tenth anniversary, admission was free until the end of September!
For more information about MOMI, visit the "Hidden
Treasures" feature in Animation World Magazine's October
1997 issue.
* Friday, September 25 - Sunday, September 27. Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.
The Small Press Expo (SPX) and the International Comics and Animation Festival
(ICAF) took place simultaneously at the Holiday Inn Hotel. More than 200
artists and publishers participated, including Jeff Smith, creator of the
comic Bone, which is being turned into an animated feature by Nickelodeon
Movies. For information, visit www.indyworld.com/spx.
Read up on your comics knowledge in Animation World Magazine's latest
Comics issue (July 1998)!
* Saturday, September 26. New York City, New York.
Animazing Gallery hosted an appearance by layout artist Maurice Noble,
starting with a gala tribute from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.. Noble was present,
and available to sign artwork purchased at the show. Animazing is located
at 415 West Broadway in Soho. RSVP was to (212) 226-7374 or animazing@worldnet.att.net.
Read Karl Cohen's article, "Maurice
Noble: Animation's `Old Rebel'" in the March 1998 issue of Animation
World Magazine.
* Saturday, September 26. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
From 5 - 8 p.m., Los Angeles art gallery and book store Every Picture Tells
A Story hosted a reception with Michael Bedard, illustrator of the new
children's book Sitting Ducks. Bedard's work is currently being
adapted for an animated TV series and feature film by Polygram. The exhibition
of Bedard's illustrations ran through October 18. To pre-order signed books
or to contact Every Picture Tells A Story, call (310) 932-6070.
* Monday, September 28. New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Two hundred lucky Dilbert fans were treated to a live performance
by the comic strip's creator, Scott Adams, at the Kit Kat Klub. But don't
bother trying to get tickets: they were won in a contest staged weeks ago
on the Dilbert web site. The event was a promotion for Adams' new
book, The Joy of Work, which is being published by HarperBusiness.
An identical show was staged in Los Angeles for 200 more contest winners,
on October 5 at the El Rey Theater. Dilbert, the animated series,
will debut on UPN next year.
* Monday, September 28. San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
The Ideas in Animation series of live music set to contemporary animation
continued at Minna Street Gallery with two performances at 7:30 and 9:30
p.m. Nik Phelps and the Sprocket Ensemble performed live music to animated
films My Good Eye by Alfonso Alvares, Noodle Canal by Cyndi
Levine and Attack Kitten by Linnea Wigren, as well as a special
treat of live-action footage from the Burning Man festival. Admission is
$10.00 general, $7.00 for students. For information call (415) 681-3189.
* Tuesday, September 29 - October 4. Ottawa, Canada.
The Ottawa International Animation Festival took place at the National Arts
Centre and surrounding locations. Programs included an international film
competition, retrospectives of Acme Filmworks, Charles Thorson, Igor Kovalyov
and Mary Ellen Bute, as well as Dutch, Estonian, Brazilian and Canadian animation,
plus there were many workshops and artist presentations. AWN president Ron
Diamond (ron@awn.com) and Animation World Magazine associate editor
Wendy Jackson (wendyj@awn.com) were present at the festival. The festival
is reviewed in this issue of Animation
World Magazine, along with a festival
scrapbook comprised of photos from the festival.
For full program information, visit the official festival
web site.
* Friday, October 2 - Sunday, October 4. Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.A.
The Neko-Con anime convention took place at the Holiday Executive Center.
Guests of honor included director Hiroki Hayashi (Bubblegum Crisis).
For information visit www.eskimo.com/~nekocon/.
* Friday, October 2. Eagle Rock, California, U.S.A.
Occidental College hosted a free shadow puppet theater performance and
concert by the company Bali & Beyond, called Alice in the Shadows,
based on stories by Lewis Carroll. The play is for an adult audience, although
all ages were welcome. The show started at 8 p.m. on the Thorne Hall Patio,
1600 Campus Road in Eagle Rock. For information call (818) 768-7696.
* Saturday, October 3, Chatsworth, California, U.S.A.
Learning Tree University offered a one-day seminar on "Writing for
Animation" from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jean Ann Wright, who also leads writing
seminars for Women In Animation taught the class. Enrollment was $95, plus
a $10 materials fee. Call (818) 882-5599 or visit www.ltu.org/enroll.htm.
* Saturday, October 3 - Sunday, October 4. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
The third annual Teen Comic Art & Animation Festival took place at
the Los Angeles Public Library in downtown L.A. Saturday's events included
workshops, portfolio reviews and company presentations. Sunday was "Anime
day" with screenings of Japanese animation from 1 to 5 p.m. For information
call (213) 228-7510.
* Saturday, October 3 - Friday, October 9. Cannes, France.
MIPCOM and MIPCOM Junior once again brought together the television producers,
distributors, buyers, and programmers of the world. Animated programming of
all types was offered by dozens of suppliers. Animated events within the conference
included receptions with companies such as: BKN International, Film Roman,
Nelvana and Southern Star. MIPCOM is reviewed
by Sony Wonder's Loris Kramer in this issue of Animation World Magazine.
* Sunday, October 4. Long Beach, California, U.S.A.
California State University, Long Beach hosted an event launching the second
annual "Women in the Realm of Computer Visual Arts, Effects, and Animation"
web site (www.animation.org/animation/women/). Site creator Kellie-Bea
Rainey spoke on the subject. The event was sponsored by Advanced Media
Production and was held from 4 - 7 p.m. The location was building UTC,
room 127. For information call (818) 980-5853 or e-mail kellie-bea@kellie-bea.com
* Tuesday, October 6. London, England, U.K.
The Museum of the Moving Image's lunch time lecture series, "First
Tuesdays" showcased 70 years of animated advertising from J. Walter
Thompson. From 1 to 2 p.m., Chris Bardsley, creative director for the agency,
lectured on the company's history of animated commercials, from George
Pal's puppet works to the latest CGI spots for Smarties and stop-motion
spots for Dairylea. Tickets were £2.50 each. For information call
(44) 171 815 1339.
* Thursday, October 8, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Jeffrey Scott, Emmy-winning writer of over 450 animation scripts (Wacky
World of Tex Avery, Dragon Tales), was a speaker for the Women
In Animation Writers' Seminar series. The event started at 7:30 p.m. at
Saban Entertainment. Admission was $5. Call Jean Ann Wright at (818) 360-8321.
* Friday, October 9 - Sunday, October 11. Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Anime Weekend Atlanta, the largest Japanese animation event in the Southeast
U.S., took place at the Marriott North-Central Hotel. Scheduled guests
included Amy Howard, the voice of Nova on Star Blazers; George Lowe,
the voice of Space Ghost and C. Martin Croker, the voice of Zorak and Moltar,
from Cartoon Planet; Tim Eldred, artist and animator and Steve Bennett
and Kuni Kimura from Studio Ironcat. For information visit www.anime.net/~awa/.
* Saturday, October 10. San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
The Mill Valley Film Festival presented an animation program including
Dave Thomas' A Dog Cartoon, Ryan McCulloch's Without You,
Frazier Bradshaw's Baker, Paints, Cakes, Velvy Appleton's Hervic
in Cloudland, and Matt Broersma and Shari Rubin's documentary on San
Francisco independent animators, Meet the Mole People. For information
and location, visit www.finc.org/mvff.
* Sunday, October 11. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Griffith Place Entertainment presented Hollywood Shorts, a monthly film
festival dedicated to introducing emerging directors/writers and producers
to the Los Angeles' film community. This month's animated film was Exo-Skeleton
and Companion Cartoons, a 10-minute computer animation by Pyros Pictures.
The screening took place at The Joint, 8771 West Pico Boulevard (at Robertson)
in West L.A. from 6 to 9 p.m. Call (310) 358-7634.
* Tuesday, October 13. New York City, New York, U.S.A.
The Czech Center hosted a reception to present the second edition of For
the Love of Prague, the book by Oscar-winning animator/director Gene
Deitch, an American who has been working in Prague for more than 30 years.
Gene and his wife Zdenka were present to autograph copies of the book and
answer questions. Contact the book's distributor, Peter Lemkin, at plemkin@terminal.cz.
The reception started at 7 p.m. at the Czech Center, 1109 Madison Avenue.
For information call (212) 288-0830, extension 100.
For the Love of Prague
was reviewed in the July 1998 issue of Animation World Magazine
by Adam Snyder.
* Tuesday, October 13. New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Animation legend Chuck Jones made an appearance at the Warner Bros. Studio
Store Gallery at One East 57th Street (corner of 57th and 5th). The event
was by invitation only so attendees needed to call first: (212) 754-0300.
* Tuesday, October 13 - Friday, October 16. Pasadena, California, U.S.A.
Miller Freeman presented the Digital Video (DV) Conference and Exposition
at the Pasadena Center. Highlights included courses on Maya and After Effects
software, character modeling and animation for the web. For information
visit www.dvexpo.com.
* Wednesday, October 14 - Thursday, October 15. Pasadena, California, U.S.A.
The D.Film Festival, a showcase for independent digital media, had two
shows during the DV Expo: one on Wednesday at 12 p.m. and the other on
Thursday at 7:15 p.m.. For information visit www.dfilm.com.
* Wednesday, October 14. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
The University of Southern California's (USC) Animation department presented
a screening of abstract animated films by German artist, Bärbel Neubauer.
The artist was in attendance. A chronological selection of films were screened,
including her latest film, Firehouse. The screening took place in
the School of Cinema-Television's George Lucas Building, room 108. For
this special screening, the public was welcome to attend.
Read all about Bärbel
Neubauer's filmmaking process in the September 1998 issue of Animation
World Magazine.
* Thursday, October 15. North Hollywood, California, U.S.A.
The Women In Animation Writers' Group presented "Collaborating With
Musicians: From Scratch Tracks to Final Production," a panel discussion
featuring Alex Rannie from The Simpsons and Bambi Moe, vice president
of music at Walt Disney TV Animation. Admission was $10 for members, $20
for non-members. The event took place from 7-9 p.m. at Film Roman, 12020
Chandler Blvd., Suite 200, in North Hollywood. RSVP was essential. Call
(818) 623-0020 or e-mail kellie-bea@women.in.animation.org.
* Thursday, October 15 - Saturday, October 17. Rome, Italy.
The Animated Castles, International Animated Film Festival held its second
edition. For information contact l.raffaelli@iol.it or visit http://cicr.roma.it.
* Thursday, October 15 - Saturday, October 17. Santa Cruz, California,
U.S.A.
The D.Film Festival, a showcase for independent digital media, had a show
at UC Santa Cruz's Kresge Town Hall. For information visit www.dfilm.com
or call (831) 459-2159.
* Thursday, October 15 - Sunday, October 25. Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
The 15th Annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival (CICFF),
presented over 150 films and videos for children from 30 countries in a
juried competition. For information call (773) 281-9075 or e-mail kidsfest@facets.org.
* Thursday, October 15 - Friday, October 23. Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
The Art Institute of Phoenix hosted an exhibit of comic art called "A
Sampling of Chaos." A reception was held on October 15 from 6-8 p.m.
For information call (800) 474-2479.
* Friday, October 16 - Saturday, October 17. Karlsruhe, Germany.
The D.Film Festival, a showcase for independent digital media, had two
presentations during the Trans Fest: a screening on Friday and a panel
discussion on Saturday featuring D.Film executive producer Bart Cheever.
For information visit www.dfilm.com.
* Saturday, October 17. Burbank, California, U.S.A.
Women In Animation (WIA) hosted a workshop entitled "Careers in Animation:
A Reality Check!," 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Walt Disney Feature Animation
Studios, at 3100 Thorton Avenue (near the Burbank airport). This all-day
workshop was geared towards helping students of all ages learn more about
the career opportunities available in the animation industry. Panels included
speakers from Walt Disney TV, DreamWorks SKG, Blue Sky, Rhythm and Hues,
Klasky Csupo and Hyperion. Admission was $30 for WIA members, $35 for non-members.
RSVP was essential. Call the WIA hotline at (310) 535-3838.
* Saturday, October 17. Irvine, California, U.S.A.
The University of California, Irvine's Extension and Digital Arts programs
presented "Digital Dreams," a conference about the digital animation
industry, from 12 to 2:30 p.m. A panel discussion with film clips featured
speakers from Digital Domain, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Pacific
Data Images (PDI), Pixar and Rhythm & Hues. The panel moderator was
Lisa Atkinson, a freelance visual effects and CGI supervisor. The event
took place in the campus' Crystal Cove Auditorium. Tickets were $20 and
could be purchased in advance by calling UCI Extension at (949) 824-5414
or visiting www.unex.uci.edu.
* Saturday, October 17. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The Association of Science and Technology Centers' conference, ASTC `98,
took place at the Edmonton Science and Space Center. Boston-based animation
studio FableVision had a booth to introduce their new interactive media
guru, Brad Larson. For information, visit www.astc.org.
* Saturday, October 17. Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston presented the premiere screening of Mary
Kocol's independent animated film, My Father's Story. The screening
took place at 2 p.m., and general admission was $7 ($6 for students and
members). For information about the film and future screenings, visit www.ne-arts.net/mkocol.
* Monday, October 19 - Wednesday, October 21. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The D.Film Festival, a showcase for independent digital media, had two
shows during the San Juan Cinemafest. For information visit www.dfilm.com.
* Tuesday, October 20 - Sunday, October 25. Reykjavík, Iceland.
The 12th Nordic Children's Film Festival took place. A variety of Nordic
productions, including animation, was screened. For information, contact
childrenfestival@iff.is.
* Tuesday, October 20. Valencia, California, U.S.A.
California Institute of the Arts' (Cal Arts) Animation department presented
a screening of abstract animated films by German artist, Bärbel Neubauer.
The artist was in attendance. A chronological selection of films was screened,
including her latest film, Firehouse. The screening took place from
7 to 10 p.m. in the Bijou theater in the main Cal Arts building at 24700
McBean Parkway (McBean exit off 5 freeway). For information, call (805)
255-1050.
* Tuesday, October 20 - Friday, October 23. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
SIBGRAPI, the International Symposium on Computer Graphics, Image Processing
and Vision took place. The SIBGRAPI Video Festival is traditionally presented
during one of the four nights of the symposium. Its purpose is to show
visual explanations of animation, computer graphics techniques, algorithm
animation and software demonstrations, as well as computer-generated films
produced by TV companies. For information visit www.lcg.ufrj.br/~nando.
* Wednesday, October 21. Burbank, California, U.S.A.
ASIFA-Hollywood presented "An Evening With Art Leonardi" hosted
by Tom Sito. Leonardi was an animator on Friz Freleng's unit and worked
on Pink Panther, Tiny Toons and Shelley Duvall's Bedtime
Stories. The event started at 7 p.m. and admission was $5. Call (818)
842-8330.
* Wednesday, October 21. London, England, U.K.
The International Emma Awards is an independent awards competition open
to all forms of interactive media whether published, commissioned or on-line.
For information visit www.emmaawards.com
* Wednesday, October 21. Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A.
The Writers Guild of America's Media and Technologies Committee and Medialab
presented "Rewriting the Future," a discussion on the impact
of new technologies on traditional storytelling. Harry Shearer, actor,
comedian, and voice of several characters on The Simpsons, performed
as a live virtual character created by Medialab. In addition, Francis Ford
Coppola appeared in a video presentation. Admission was free and the event
took place at 7:30 p.m., at the Writers Guild Theater, 135 South Doheny
Drive in Beverly Hills. For more info call (323) 782-4620.
* Thursday, October 22 - Sunday, October 25. Brisbane, Australia.
The Brisbane Animation Festival, a biennial event, featured a new international
competition. Categories included Grand Prize, People's Prize, Best Use
of New Technology and Best Student/Debut Film. For information, contact
darren@visualeyes.net.au.
* Saturday, October 24. New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Animazing Gallery hosted a Nightmare Before Christmas party, featuring
the debut of a Jack Skellington lithograph signed by Tim Burton. Animazing
is located at 415 West Broadway. For information, call (212) 226-7374.
* Saturday, October 24. New York City, New York, U.S.A.
The American Museum of the Moving Image hosted a talk and demonstration
by Blue Sky|VIFX about the animated effects the studio produced for the
new 3D Imax film, T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous. The event began
at 12 noon, and was suitable for children ages nine and up. As a special
treat, Chris Wedge gave a sneak preview from his soon-to-be-released animated
short. For information, call (718) 784-4520.
* Saturday, October 24. Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.A.
Learning Tree University offered a class, "How to Get Hired in the
Animation Industry," taught by industry recruiter Pamela Thompson,
from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. For information and registration call (805)
497-2292.
* Sunday, October 25. Hollywood, California, U.S.A.
The AFI Film Festival presents "Suspended Animation," a 90-minute
program of stop-motion and computer-animated shorts, curated by Sojourn
Pictures. Films include Geri's Game, Bingo and 1001 Nights.
The show took place at Mann's Chinese Theater, 6925 Hollywood Blvd., starting
at 2:30 p.m. For information, call (213) 520-2000.
* Monday, October 26. San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
The Ideas in Animation series continued at Minna Street Gallery with two
performances at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Nik Phelps and the Sprocket Ensemble,
with guest musician Jana Herzen performed live music to animated films
by Meredith Root, Martha Colburn and Michael Rudnik. Admission was $10.00
general, $7.00 for students. For information call (415) 681-3189.
* Tuesday, October 27 - Saturday, October 31. Leipzig, Germany.
The 41st annual Leipzig International Festival for Documentary and Animated
Film showcased a retrospective of German animation since 1945, as well
as 119 animated films in other programs including a competition. For information,
contact dock-leipzig@t-online.de.
Note: Readers may contact any Animation World Magazine contributor by sending an e-mail to editor@awn.com.
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